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SUNDAY 23rd March 2025

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

Readings: Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 102, 1 Corinthians 10:1-12, Luke 13:1-9

 

Sat   22nd March         17.30   Confessions

18.00             Pat Liddiard RIP (Watson) 

 

Sun  23rd March        THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Year C 

                                      08.30            TG St. Antony (Jeyaseelan)

                                     10.30             John Kilner RIP (Doswell)

 

Mon  24th March          09.15          Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                                    10.00              Sheehan & Harrington Families RIP (Sheehan)

 

Tues   25^th March         09.15 ANNUNCIATION   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00               Mary Connolly RIP (Eida/Connolly)

 

Wed   26^th March         09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                                    10.00               Margaret Gillis (Choir) 

 

Fri     28th March         09.15          Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

        10.00                John Stanton (Choir)

                                   Followed by Stations of the Cross

 

Sat   29th March         17.30           Confessions

        18.00                Zoe Baker (Duff) 

 

Sun  30th March        FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C 

                                    08.30               Alan Hyde (Hyde)

                                   10.30                Alice Howie RIP (Howie)

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass.          

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed via the link:

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also in print on the website.

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection      Last Week:                         £ 983.78 incl S.O

                                                                        CAFOD:                            £ 127.45

                  This Week: Poor Parishes

                  Next Week: AIC

                                                                                                      

Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Card Payment: Machine located in the foyer. Very easy to use!

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms available in the foyer. 

         

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time and our secretary will get back to you. Prices: £35 per hour on weekdays, £40 per hour at weekends

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday

 

Dear Parishioners,

Our “Easter Tree” stands proudly on our sanctuary bearing our Lenten commitments to live more Simply, Sustainably and in Solidarity with others in our world. Please feel free to add more commitments via the basket in front of it.

One of my commitments is to recycle the metal from the devotional candles. This means extracting the remaining wax so that the metal can be put in the white-lid Bexley bin. If anyone would like to assist me by taking the odd bag home for “de-waxing”, please let me know. Also, if you know someone who could use the wax in candle-making or other craftwork, just tell me.

                                God Bless,          Fr Doug 

 

LENTEN REFLECTIONS

We invite you to take part in a prayerful reflection on next Sunday’s Gospel in the Parish Hall: Monday – 6.30-7.00 p.m. or Tuesday – 1.30-2.30 p.m. All are welcome.                           

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE July 12th, at St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + wedding anniversary this year, please let us know as soon as possible, and no later than the middle of May, providing the following details:  your names, your home address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop.  Spaces are limited.  Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk    

 

LENTEN REFLECTION DAY @ SANCTUARY

5th April 2025 from 11am to 3pm, at Sanctuary, Hotham Close, Swanley Village 

Living hope: A Time for personal reflection, space and peace as we journey to the cross and beyond… For more information or to book: email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or text 07977 978536

 

AIC SATURDAY FRIENDS now known as ‘Passage Friends’  

The annual collection for our work with homeless people is next weekend. Our costs have risen dramatically but your generosity has always been outstanding. Sincere thanks in advance.

This weekend we will be in the foyer after Mass with a display and leaflets about our work. 

 

PARISH EVENT – Motown to Modern Disco –

12 April – Please join the events team for our Spring 2025 event where a DJ will be playing music from the 60s and beyond. £8 ticket. Doors and bar open at 7.  DJ from 8. Feel free to bring your own nibbles. Please purchase your tickets in advance as prior events have seen as many as 1/3 electing to pay on the door meaning we have come very close to having to turn people away



LONDON MARATHON 

Liam Morgan is running for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). If you would like to learn more and sponsor him, go to his just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-morgan-lm25?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL or sign his sponsor form after mass.

 

JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGES

Diocesan Pilgrimages to Aylesford on Sat 7^th June and Walsingham on Sat 28^th June

Deanery Pilgrimage to St. John Vianney        Saturday 5^th July

Augustine Camino: Rochester Cathedral to Minster Abbey – for Mary’s Meals Mon 1 – Sun 8 Sep 

 

MEETING PLACE

Two jewellery items of were handed in for the Christmas raffle in 2024. Could whoever left them please contact someone at the Meeting Place on a Wednesday between 9:30 and 12:30pm.

 

SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION. 

St George’s Cathedral in Southwark until 21 April. See a life-sized replica of the Shroud and learn more about it. Many believe it was used to wrap the body of Jesus after his crucifixion. Free entry.